In Peg Brand Weiser (ed.),
Beauty Unlimited. Indiana University Press. pp. 126-134 (
2013)
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In a season rife with related events [i.e., 2007], the Brooklyn Museum's "Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art" is an eagerly anticipated component of a nationwide reevaluation of feminist art. It takes its place alongside the presentation of "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the installation of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party (1974-79) and opening of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, for which "Global Feminisms" acted as the opening salvo; there are also numerous panels, lectures, and other activities around the country. . . . Altogether there are almost ninety artists in the show, hailing from fifty countries and working in mediums that range from painting, sculpture, and installation to photography, video, and performance.
This essay was originally published in Art in America 95, no. 6 (June-July, 2007): 154-165.